Chapter 3 - Talk

    "What the hell did you do, Storm?" Dark glared at him. Storm looked confused. They all look at him.

    

    "Ano? Mayroon ba akong ginawang masama?" giit niya.

    

    "Pinaiyak mo si Gretel." Gray pointed his index finger at the stairs where Gretel went.

    

    "What? What do you mean?"

    

    "Pa inosente kapa. Nag sorry na nga yung kapatid mo. Tapos hindi ka man lang sumagot." Claud crossed his arms.

    

    "Hindi ko narining."

    

    "La myerda! Vampires have good hearing idiot!" Napa face palm nalang si Sun.

    

    "Ulitin mo nga yung sinabi mo!" Storm glared at Sun. Tinutukoy nito ang salitang 'idiot'. 

    

    "Ay wala wala," he replied him back sarcastically and hugged his cat. 

    

    "Eh, tanong ko lang. Bakit kanina pa kayo dito nakatambay?" biglang tanong ni Night. Napakamot sa ulo si Claud. 

    

    "Hindi mo ba alam? Yan kasi eh, tulog ka ng tulog. Nandito lang naman tayo dahil may sasabihin tayong good news kay Gretel-"

    

    "Lo entiendo! Bwisit, naman oh." Sun snapped and startled his cat. "Meow!" "Oh sorry ma baby!" He hugged his cat. 

    

    "Ew. You really love your cat," Night reacted - looking disgusted. Sun just glared at him. 

    

    "You made her sad Storm," dagdag pa ni Gray nang matandaan ang balak nilang sanang sabihin kay Gretel. He tsked. 

    

    "Aha! You're at fault, bro!" They all grinned at Storm. Isa isa silang tumayo. Storm looked confused. 

    

    "Saan kayo pupunta?" He then stand up. Dark immediately pushed him back, making him sit back at the couch. 

    

    "Aw!"

    

    "Ikaw na bahala bro." Sun laughed as he patted Storm's back. Dark went to the kitchen to get some red drinks, Gray just vanished in thin air, Sun carried his cat - Summer outside, Night jumped and reached the ceiling and he went back to sleep, sleeping like a bat, and Claud went upstairs to play his favorite game. 

    

    Okay fine, ako na. Kinamot niya na lang ang ulo nito at tumayo at umakyat sa taas. He directly went to Gretel's room. He knocked first.

    

    "Septima?" he called her first name. He knocked again.

    

    "Septima!" he called her name again, but no one answered. Nasaan na ba ang batang iyon? He decided to open the door, hindi na siya nagulat nang malaman na wala si Gretel sa loob ng kaniyang kuarto.

    

    Alam na niya kung saan si Gretel, kaya pumunta si Storm sa likod ng kanilang Mansion. It is where the training ground of Velasquez family members train, mayroon ding garden at pond. The lake is just beside their mansion, mga ilang kilometro lang ang layo ng lake.

    

    "Septima!" he shouted, calling her. He continued walking to find her. "Nasaan na kaya siya?" He walk past the river. Tumingala siya sa mga matataas na puno to check if she's there, hiding. He knows that Gretel used to love hiding at tall trees.

    

    So he immediately climbed to the tall tree beside him. He climbed and jumped, like a strong monkey. It's one of the vampire's skills. Ang kakayahan na umakyat at tumalon ng mataas at mabilis.

    

    "Septima!" His voice echoed through the forest. Pinahid niya ang kanyang pawis sa noo.

    

    "Okay fine! I know that I'm wrong okay. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to hurt you." He sighed, he finally remembered that his sister has a fragile heart.

    

    "Ako na ang bahala sa nangyari... " He sighed again.

    

    "How many times do I have to tell you Kuya na don't call me Septima." Storm laughed when he saw Gretel hanging like a bat on the branch of the tree.

    

    "Uh. Nakalimutan ko. Wait, kanina ka pa ba jan?" He jumped to another tree, just beside Gretel.

    

    "Yup, I heard you. But, Kuya you don't have to say sorry. Ako naman talaga ang may kasalan." Gretel frowned.

    

    "Don't worry, I'll find him," Storm assured her. He sat down at the branch of the tree.

    

    "Wait, paano mo nalaman na lalaki yung nakalaban ko, Kuya?" Gretel is still hanging at the thick and strong branch of the tree.

    

    "You always fight boys. At lahat ng naka away mo ay puro mga lalaki." They laughed together when realization hit her.

    

    "Do you still remember his face? Ano ang suot niya?" Gretel swing back to branch and sat down on it. 

    

    "I can't remember what his face looks like, pero ang alam ko lang ay may Roxwell logo sa suot niyang damit." She crossed her arms, trying to remember the man's face.

    

    "He's in uniform?" 

    

    "Kinda. Black soldier uniform yata ang suot niya," she replied while combing her blonde hair using her fingers. And then realization hits her. 

    

    "O my! He's a Roxwell student, kuya." She snapped her fingers and grinned. 

    

    "Mas magiging madali ang plano mo kuya! Kuya, sasama ako," dagdag pa ni Gretel. She jumped and swing on to the branch of the tree where Storm sits. She sat down beside him. 

    

    "Speaking of Roxwell... " Kumunot ang noo ni Gretel sa sinabi ni Storm. 

    

    "I have a good news for you. The application for Roxwell Academy starts tomorrow."

    

    "O my gosh!" She jumped out of excitement. "Huy, baka mahukog ka niyan." She stopped when Storm warned her. She laughed. 

    

    "Sorry bro. I'm just really excited. It's just my dream you know." She smirked habang naka busangot ang mukha ni Storm. "Stop that face, kuya!" They laughed. 

    

    "Masyado kang excited. Lahat naman ng mga bampira ay makaka train sa Roxwell Academy, It's a kind of dream that you're sure that you can get it, unlike other dreams na you're not sure if you can aim or achieve it. Like Dad and Mom's dream, tingnan mo nangyari sa kanila-"

    

    "Kuya, don't talk about it anymore," Gretel stopped his brother from reminiscing the past. She held his hand. 

    

    "Kuya, just remember na... Babalik sila, babalik sila sa tamang panahon..." Her last word was just like a whisper. Storm hugged her. 

    

    "Yeah. I know." 

    

    "Pero kuya... Ako lang ba mag a-aply bukas?" she broke the silence between them. 

    

    "Nope, sasama kami ng mga kuya mo. May gagawin rin kasi kamk sa Roxwell. And we will hunt that boy." They laughed again. 

    

    "Hunt talaga, hindi pwedeng find? I hope that I compelled him successfully." She sighed. 

    

    "You know that you can't compel yet, pero bakit mo iyon ginawa?" He pinched her nose. 

    

    "Ouch! Rejo taught me to compel." She rubbed her nose. 

    

    "What? Rejo taught you? Ang singkit na iyon. Are you dating-"

    

    "What are you talking about? Rejo is just a friend. Kung ano ano iniisip mo kuya!"

    

    "Basta, huwag na huwag kang mag papaligaw sa Rejo nayun. Kung hindi - " He smirked, he's thinking something bad. 

    

    "Kung hindi ano?"

    

    "Uubusin ko ang red supply mo!" He jumped to the ground and run fast as he can. 

    

    "Kuya!" Gretel screamed and run to catch her brother. She stopped when Dark pushed Storm into the ground. 

    

    "Huli ka!" Dark laughed and the others showed up. 

    

    "Uy, uy! Sali ako," saad ni Claud habang hinihimas ang dibdib nito. 

    

    "Sige... Ikaw taya. Takboo!" Gretel shouted and they immediately run towards the Mansion. They can't stop laughing about Claud. 

    

    "La myerdaaaaaaa!" Padabog na sinuntok ni Claud ang katabi niya puno. "Bakit pa ako?" Saka siya tumakbo ng mabilis para huliin ang mga kapatid nito.